The Philosophy of Science and Technology StudiesRoutledge, 2013 M10 18 - 208 pages As the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has become more established, it has increasingly hidden its philosophical roots. While the trend is typical of disciplines striving for maturity, Steve Fuller, a leading figure in the field, argues that STS has much to lose if it abandons philosophy. In his characteristically provocative style, he offers the first sustained treatment of the philosophical foundations of STS and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. With stimulating discussions of the Science Wars, the Intelligent Design Theory controversy, and theorists such as Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour, Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies is required reading for students and scholars in STS and the philosophy of science. |
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... Wars VI. Citizen Science: Cultivating a Life in STS 29. Introduction: Beware of Greeks Bearing Historical Precedents 30. Expertise and Its Discontents: Some Institutional Alternatives 31. Institutionalizing the Public Understanding of ...
Steve Fuller. 16. Postmodernism as Positivism's Bastard Child 17. Motivating the Science Wars : The Politics of Popularizing and Esotericizing Science 18. The Elusive " Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists " Defended in the Science Wars ...
... Wars that brought together representatives of both the scientific and STS communities . This first corresponding U.S. initiative occurred in February 1997 , through the good offices of two physicists at the University of Kansas , Adrian ...
... Wars” did little to relieve the tensions (Fuller and Collier 2004, introd.). This field-defining conflict between the scientific and STS communities, introduced in the next chapter, forms the centerpiece of this book. Although ...
... Wars " did little to relieve the tensions ( Fuller and Collier 2004 , introd . ) . This field - defining conflict ... War policy . Specifically , it first appeared in a critical review in the American Political Science Review of the game ...
Contents
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A Sociology of Science that | 28 |
Philosophy In Of and Beyond the Scientific Field Site | 45 |
STS by Another Name? | 79 |
Beyond Puritans and Gnostics | 115 |
Cultivating a Life in STS | 157 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Index | 189 |